About the Roeper School

An international leader in gifted education, Roeper guides students to become curious, engaged, and impactful members of their communities. Our two campuses serve over 550 students in preschool through Grade 12 from over 60 communities in southeast Michigan.

Academic Excellence

At Roeper, we believe in the power of each student to reach their full potential and contribute to the world in meaningful ways. Our academic curriculum emphasizes conceptual and experiential learning opportunities that facilitate specific goals for individuals guided by their intellectual and personal characteristics, needs, and interests. Our students graduate with a knowledge of how the world works and a hunger to play a meaningful role in it.

Creativity at Roeper

Gifted students need artistic avenues to express themselves as well as to promote abstract thinking and nonverbal expression. Roeper art classes provide a forum for students to express their personal identity and provide an essential outlet for introspection and sensitivity.

School Life

Our academic offerings are enriched by a variety of activities and opportunities for students to engage with one another, their school, and their communities. From a vibrant arts program to an exciting athletics department, we aim to nurture the whole child and offer a community where our students can learn, play, explore, and discover.

Thank You

Community support is essential to our success. We are grateful for all contributions of any size, which enable us to continue the mission of educating and inspiring gifted students to think as individuals and engage the world around them.

Arts

The Fine and Performing Arts Program at The Roeper School is comprehensive, with diverse offerings in both the visual and performing arts. The philosophical underpinnings of the school are well reflected in our program as the study of arts enhances one’s self-knowledge and self-expression.

Our Program

Students learn self-respect and respect for others through collaborative efforts in the classroom as well as in performance ensembles. At Roeper we create an environment that is both safe and stimulating. The arts courses are personalized by faculty through thoughtful communication with students – listening to what they want, balancing their desires with sound, educational pedagogy and then guiding them both individually and as members of various groups to select a program or course which will be beneficial to them. Arts classes at Roeper emphasize that process is as important as product. The way in which the students integrate their learning is the key to personal interpretation. Risk-taking is encouraged; in the arts there is no single right answer. Teachers are mentors, working with students to build confidence as they build skills.

Many students feel the arts are essential to their learning experience. Problem solving in these classes encourages students to manipulate ideas cognitively as higher-level thinkers and gifted students often see connections between unrelated ideas.